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ENV500N1（環境保全学 / Environmental conservation 500）
Technical English Presentation

Keizo OHTOMO

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Faculty/Graduate school Graduate School of Engineering and Design
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Year 2024
Class code U0105
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Previous Class title
Term 春学期授業/Spring
Day/Period 金5/Fri.5
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷
Classroom name 各学部・研究科等の時間割等で確認
Grade 1～2
Credit(s) 2
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Class taught by instructors with practical experience ○
Optional/Compulsory 選択
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Category 修士課程
システムデザイン専攻
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Outline (in English)

【Course outline】
Growing globalization requires engineers and researchers to acquire English-handling skills on technical communications and documentations. For this purpose, students will systematically learn organization and development of an English-written academic paper as well as prepare a short paper on their past study related with a specified field such as architecture, urban environment and systems design.

【Learning Objectives】
1) You will understand logical structure of a technical paper and typical expressions.
2) You will acquire the knowledge and development skills on necessary chapters that organize a technical paper such as title, abstract, key words, introduction, material/ method, experiment/ theory, results, discussions, and conclusions.
3) You will prepare key elements from your undergraduate thesis (in Japanese) to develop English version of your thesis.
4) You will establish a short and concise English paper in accordance with general organization and expressions for a typical technical paper based on your undergraduate thesis (in Japanese).

【Learning activities outside of classroom】
# The 1st classroom: guidance
<preparation>
You should refer the syllabus of the class to understand the learning objectives, methods, and class schedule. (one hour required)
<review>
You should re-examine your undergraduate thesis to organize key issues for an English paper development. (one hour required)

# The 2nd classroom: general rules and templates for an English paper
<preparation>
You should refer the PowerPoint slides for the class to identify your questions and unclear issues. (one hour required)
<review>
You should re-examine your undergraduate thesis to arrange necessary technical terms for an English paper development. (one hour required)

# The 3rd classroom: title development and its exercise
<preparation>
You should refer the PowerPoint slides for the class to identify your questions and unclear issues. (one hour required)
<review>
You should critically review candidate your paper title. (one hour required)


# The 4th classroom: development of introduction
<preparation>
You should refer the PowerPoint slides for the class to identify your questions and unclear issues. (one hour required)
<review>
You should collect sentence structures and examples suitable for introduction of your undergraduate thesis using other reference papers. (one hour required)

# The 5th classroom: exercise for development of introduction
<preparation>
You should examine technical terms in English for developing introduction of your undergraduate thesis. (one hour required)
<review>
You should complete the introduction and critically review the products. (one hour required)

# The 6th classroom: development of material/ method or experiment/ theory
<preparation>
You should refer the PowerPoint slides for the class to identify your questions and unclear issues. (one hour required)
<review>
You should collect sentence structures and examples suitable for material/ method or experiment/theory of your undergraduate thesis using other reference papers. (one hour required)

# The 7th classroom: exercise for development of material/ method or experiment/ theory
<preparation>
You should examine technical terms in English for developing introduction of your undergraduate thesis. (one hour required)
<review>
You should complete the material/ method or experiment/ theory and critically review the products. (one hour required)

# The 8th classroom: development of results
<preparation>
You should refer the PowerPoint slides for the class to identify your questions and unclear issues. (one hour required)
<review>
You should collect sentence structures and examples suitable for results of your undergraduate thesis using other reference papers. (one hour required)

# The 9th classroom: exercise for development of results
<preparation>
You should examine technical terms in English for developing results of your undergraduate thesis. (one hour required)
<review>
You should complete the results and critically review the products. (one hour required)

# The 10th classroom: development of discussions
<preparation>
You should refer the PowerPoint slides for the class to identify your questions and unclear issues. (one hour required)
<review>
You should collect sentence structures and examples suitable for discussions of your undergraduate thesis using other reference papers. (one hour required)

# The 11th classroom: exercise for development of discussions
<preparation>
You should examine technical terms in English for developing discussions of your undergraduate thesis. (one hour required)
<review>
You should complete the discussions and critically review the products. (one hour required)

# The 12th classroom: development of conclusions
<preparation>
You should refer the PowerPoint slides for the class to identify your questions and unclear issues. (one hour required)
<review>
You should collect sentence structures and examples suitable for conclusions of your undergraduate thesis using other reference papers. (one hour required)

# The 13th classroom: development of abstract and key words
<preparation>
You should refer the PowerPoint slides for the class to identify your questions and unclear issues. (one hour required)
<review>
You should collect sentence structures and examples frequently used in abstract using other reference papers. (one hour required)

# The 14th classroom: exercise for development of conclusion, abstract and key words
<preparation>
You should examine technical terms in English for developing conclusion and abstract of your undergraduate thesis. (one hour required)
<review>
You should complete the conclusion, abstract and key words and critically review the products. (one hour required)

【Grading Criteria /Policy】
The supervisor will evaluate your achievement for learning objectives based on your mark in class attendance (allocation: 40%) and scores in final examination (allocation: 60%), completing your final scores in the full score of 100%. You will earn the credit if you score equal to or more than the score of 60%.
<Learning objectives and corresponding evaluations>
1) Understanding of logical structure of a technical paper and typical expressions: class participation 10%+final examination 10%= total 20%
2) Acquisition of the knowledge and development skills on necessary chapters that organize a technical paper: class participation 10%+final examination 00%=total 20%
3) Preparation for key elements from your undergraduate thesis: class participation 10%+final examination 10%=total 20%
4) Establishing a short and concise English paper in accordance with general organization and expressions: class participation 10%+final examination 30%=total 40%
# A mark in class participation includes assignments, discussions, and others.
# Final examination will be conducted on your English version of undergraduate thesis.
# You will fail to earn the credit if you miss the class more than three times, your final evaluation being applied Grade D.

Default language used in class

日本語 / Japanese